actuala.[OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]1. Involving or comprising action; active.()Her walking and other actual performances. (Shak.)Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. (Jer. Taylor.)2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.()3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.()Actual cautery. See under Cautery. -- Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to original sin.()()()n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.()The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, actuals, but only Egyptian budget estimates. (Fortnightly Review.)